Biogeochemical Cycles Across the Air-sea Interface in the Western Pacific Ocean

The Western Pacific is a unique region for studying cross-interface biogeochemical cycles. "Western Pacific biogeochemical cycles across the air-sea and sediment-water interfaces and their response to global changes", a special issue published in the journal Global and Planetary Changes, highlights recent advances on the biogeochemical cycles across the air-sea interface and their responses to global change. The special issue contains several SOLAS-themed topics, including air-sea exchange of climatically relevant trace gases, dust flux, and carbon export across different spatial and temporal scales, and illustrates how air-sea processes regulate biogeochemical cycles in the water column and can be recorded in the sediment. Collectively, these contributions advance our understanding of how the Western Pacific Ocean participates in global biogeochemical and climate systems, both in the present and geological past.

Reference: Chen, T.Y., Cao, Z.M., Stewart, J. & Wan, X.H. (2025). Preface to the special issue: Western Pacific biogeochemical cycles across the air-sea and sediment-water interfaces and their response to global changes. Global Planet. Change, 105013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.105013